Get ready to fly faster than ever before. This jet engine can reach hypersonic speeds right off the runway, which may change ...

The fastest aircraft ever flown, NASA’s X-43, used a rocket engine to provide an initial boost before an air-breathing hypersonic jet engine—known as a scramjet—took over and accelerated the ...

In northwest China, China successfully tested the Feitian 2, a new hypersonic vehicle. This test marks a major step forward ...

U.K.-based Reaction Engines has a DoD contract to further validate technology for a hybrid jet-rocket high-Mach engine. Kimberly Johnson · Thursday, July 07, 2022 ...

A new engine could potentially revolutionize space and air travel by combining jet and rocket engines, allowing for a more versatile and powerful engine.

Many jet engines use air to facilitate the explosive reactions that create propulsion, according to NASA. To create thrust in the relative vacuum of space, rocket engines use a slightly different ...

A new type of engine combines the speed of rockets with the gas mileage of jets in a single package. Led by aerospace and mechanical engineer John Bossard at BSRD LLC, the team has built and tested a ...

The RS-25 engine for NASA's new Space Launch System rocket makes current jet engines look like "a wind-up toy." Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as enthralled with ...

Reaction Engines, the UK company behind the reusable SABRE jet-cum-rocket engine that could dramatically alter air and space travel, has secured the final piece of funding that will allow for the ...

British aerospace giant BAE Systems is betting big on hypersonic travel – something its potential new partner says could be a reality within two decades.

This American Pickers Rocket Car Had A Real Jet Engine. By Brad Hill Dec. 29, 2024 1:45 pm EST. History Channel. It's not uncommon to see some sort of jet engine on a car in cinema.

The fastest aircraft ever flown, NASA’s X-43, used a rocket engine to provide an initial boost before an air-breathing hypersonic jet engine—known as a scramjet—took over and accelerated the ...